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163 Total Reviews

73%Value For Money

78%Security

83%Location

91%Staff

77%Atmosphere

81%Cleanliness

74%Facilities

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An interesting place although strange in the way that it's not really a hotel or a hostel. I think it would benefit greatly from a small kitchen for guests to use and store food and drink. Staff were great and very helpful. Place was clean and tidy. I thought that $10 was to expensive to store bags. Ok for a full 24 hours but who does that? I wanted to store mine for a few hours. Maybe just $5 for that?

Staff was fantastic, very clean facilities, good atmosphere. I've spent a lot of time in hostels and this one was good. Small bed (I'm only 5'2" and I was almost as long as the bed!) Very small room but I don't think you should expect too much space in Manhattan, especially for this price. The hostel is located in a less affluent neighborhood of Manhattan. It felt a little less safe, especially at night. However, I did not have any problems and had a generally good experience at this hostel.

Unfortunately I had to cancel my stay at the Bowery house. They charged me the deposit + 90$ which I think is a bit too much considering that I cancelled one day in advance (as they state on their homepage) and that I am a budget traveller. I can't really say anything about the property itself. Hope that they will ease their cancellation conditions in the future.

The staff was very helpfull and friendly, there was a good atmosphere in the shared area. However the actual room itself was ridiciously small, I am not that tall (5'10) but when I layed down my head was against one wall and my feet against the other. The bed was even smaller so part of my legs and my feet were off the bed. Also there were only four walls and no ceilings so you could hear the whole floor including the loud fans and AC making it very hard to sleep.

This place is great! The location is convenient to the subway and to lots of great restaurants, bars, shops. The staff are friendly and the rooms are small but comfortable. A good place to lay your head for the night.

Cabins are too small, don't think they're like rooms, and your share the same room with dozens of people (the ceiling is open) that means you will most probably hear snoring at night. However, it's in Manhattan, very accessible, very kind and helpful staff and very cool design, so definitely it's value for its money. When I go again to Manhattan, I'll most probably stay again there.

I enjoyed staying this place mostly because of its location and its cleanliness !
The place is a few steps away from Chinatown and little italy and soho as well. That made so much easier and moe fun exploring NYC.
A subway station is a couple of blocks away,too.
The room is a bit small but it there is a cabinet so that I can store my clothes. Also,the space underneath the bed was perfect for store my suitcase.
Yes,it gets noisy at night but earplugs makes it ok. The bathroom is pretty clean too

The staff were all wonderful, lively, and always helpful. I really enjoyed conversations with them. Music selection was on point and the lounge area was comfortable and inviting. Not exactly my most lively hostel stay on the side of the guests, though. But for price, location, staff and the rooftop terrace, 10/10 would stay again.

Excellent location. The cabins are tiny and the walls are paper thin - so, not suitable for light sleepers, but the beds are clean and comfortable; it's a place good enough to shower (good shower facilities with free body wash and shampoo from Red Flower) and to sleep for the night. Staff is helpful. If you are on a budget, this is the place to be. However, be prepared to wake up early every morning - due to the thin walls, you can hear clearly everybody's alarms going off in the morning.